Stonewall Club Plans School Playground Equipment Purchase
The Stonewall community club voted to donate 50 to the local school for playground equipment and tasked Viggo Nielsen Felix Jacoby and Benno Ecker with selecting and purchasing it. They also approved buying a cot and bedding for sick pupils and agreed to serve ice cream and cake at the next meeting.
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Stonewall Community Club
Henry Beckmann
Viggo Nielsen
Felix Jacoby
Benno Ecker
Williams Creek School to Open Monday September
Williams Creek school trustees met last week and set start for Monday September 16. Teachers for the term are Miss Irene Welershausen and J Francis Merz. Health nurse visited for water analysis by the State Department of Health in Austin. Residents and visitors including Arthur Kiecin family Edna Bernice San Antonio and Dora Raulz were noted. A half inch shower fell Thursday. many families attended Roberta Corneli’s sale in Fredericksburg.
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Willams Creek
Irene Welershausen
J. Francis Merz
State Department of Health
Austin
Arthur Kiecin
Edna and
Bernice
San Antonio
Albert
Dora Raulz
Levi Ottmers
Clifteen Klein
Gus Pehl
Gretchen Land
Poliion
Louis Klein
Rufus Wilke
Fd Randall
Charlie Weinheimer
Alvin
Weinheimer
Emil Stahl
Cave Creek
Alvin Maenius
Edgar Maenius
Henry Maenius
Dinand Mayer
Beckmann
Roberta Cornelil
Paul "Ehl
Fredericksburg
Harper School opens to large crowd and new facilities
A big attendance marked the opening of Harper School on Monday with a larger faculty more students and new offerings including third year Vocational Agriculture and a new band under Miss Wilma Barnett. Work on a new school building is planned to begin around November 1.
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Harper School
Wilma Barnett
Harper's
Milking Shorthorn Champions Highlight 1940 State Fair
Two top milking shorthorns are entered in the 1940 State Fair of Texas show. Kingsdale Pride, grand champion at the 1939 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, is bred owned and exhibited by Keith King of Victoria Mhineis. Duallyn Juniper, All-American 3 year old and grand champion at the National Dairy Show in San Francisco, has a 10004 pounds milk and 437 pounds butterfat record at age two and is owned by John B. Gage, mayor of Kansas City.
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Texas
Chicago
Keith
Victoria
Duallyn Juniper
San Francisco
John B. Gage
Kansas City
Improvements To Be Made In Doss Lutheran Church
The Doss Lutheran Church will complete remodeling with a contract for new benches and altar chairs costing about 1200 dollars. Earlier work included colored glass windows and an rebuilt altar.
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Doss Lutheran Church
Doss Lutheran
Luckenbach Road Paving Completed Across Three Miles
Sections of Luckenbach Road were paved over the past week totaling about three miles. Work from Walter Behrend to Benno Baag and from Christian Behrend to Armen Engel were finished, with Baag to the Austin highway completed last year. Smithville Construction Co. built it under engineer Charlie Smith and commissioner Felix Pfiester, financed by county funds and community subscriptions.
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Luckenbach
Walter Behrend
Benno Baag
Baag
Austin
Christian Behrend
Luckenbach School
Armen Engel
Smithville Construction Company
Willow City Receives Good Saturday Rain
Willow City area reports a helpful rain on Saturday ranging from half to two inches in places. The weather outlook hints at more rain to come. Visitors over the weekend included Mrs Arthur Renick and Miss Wilma of San Antonio with Mr and Mrs Richard Laurence. Fredericksburg couple Mr and Mrs Ruben Bernhard visited Mr and Mrs Chas A Sagebiel. Carlos Young spent Sunday night with Dick Laurence. A neighborhood church gathering occurred Sunday evening at the Methodist church. The mattress project finished last Tuesday with club ladies expressing pride in the completed work.
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Willow City
Arthur Renick
Wilma
San Antonio
Richard Laurence
Ruben Bernhard
Fredericksburg
Chas A. Sagebiel
Carlos Young
Dick Laurence
Dorothy Bernhard
Kizzie Ellen Sagebiel
Airplane Builder Training Offered in Texas
Texas men aged 18 to 35 are urged to apply for training as airplane builders. Training lasts about ten weeks with good pay upon employment. Part tuition required with balance paid after entering work. Write for interview to regional manager 413 Rust Building, San Angelo, Texas.
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Airplan
Y Builders
Texas
Rust Bldg
San Angelo
Great American Unites With Franklin Life in Full Page Ad
The Great American Life Insurance Company of San Antonio and The Franklin Life Insurance Company of Springfield unite in a full page advertisement. Franklin Life operates coast to coast in 20 states and will have over 65 million in Texas business in force. Total guaranteed and dispersed funds exceed 112 million. Great American, founded in San Antonio a decade ago, now has about 40 million in force. Stockholders of Great American will receive Franklin stock. the merger aims for tax savings and economy. The combined business rises to over 200 million in value with assets over 43 million, making Franklin the largest life insurer domiciled in Illinois. Continued on page 3, section 2.
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Great American Life Insurance Company
San Antonio
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Springfield
Illinois
Chas. F. Becker
Standard
Franklin Life
America
Texas
Great American Life
Great, American Organization
Great American
Franklin
General Tires and Tubes Ad at Fredricksburg Drive-In
An advertisement promotes General Tires and Tubes at the Frederickburg Drive-In Station owned by Rubin Crenwelge. The offer highlights a subscription rate and vehicle service suggestions for drivers.
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Fredericksburg Drive-In
Rubin Crenwelge
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Stonewall Club
Mrs
Benno Eckert
Stonewall
Roberta Cornehl
Paul Cornehl
Werner Gellermanon
Gilda Fay
San Mateo
California
Fred Gelermann
Christian Brown
Eugene Luckenbach
Brown
Reuben Jacoby
Galveston
Marvin Schaefer
Dallas
Williams Creek
Mildred Pehllbert
Gilbert Pape Harper
Wesley Ellebracht
Wesley
Alfred Ellebracht
Bennie Cobb
James River
A. 5
Parker
Dorothy Mae
Methodist Church
H. Ellis Thomas
Center Point
W.W. M. Rader
Mrs. Thomas
Shorthorn
Harry Wahrmund Doss
Cyclones
Peter Weber
Chas
Sagehiel
Willow City Correspondent
Emerson Radios
Emerson
Kolmeier & Klier CO
Charles E. Becker
United Great American Life Insurance Company
Lawrence Knopp
Basse Express
Cheroker
San SA
Fckert
Llano BA
Lometa
Lampasas
East Main Street
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
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